Range shifts are a key mechanism that species employ in response to climate change.
Increasing global temperatures are driving species redistributions to cooler areas along …

Variations in the physico-chemical characteristics of estuaries, such as surface water salinity
and temperature, lead to the establishment of gradients that are closely related with the …

Estuaries are among the ecosystems most affected by human actions worldwide. Economic
development in Morocco puts pressure on these aquatic systems, making them vulnerable …

Salinity is an important parameter influencing the water quality of estuaries, and can
constitute a serious problem to society due to the need for freshwater for industry and …

Late Devonian aquatic environments hosted the fin-to-limb transition in vertebrates. Upper
Devonian (ca. 365− 360 Ma) strata in Pennsylvania, USA, preserve a diversity of fishes and …

African coastal waters provide important socioeconomic functions to littoral settlements;
however, progressive nutrient enrichment of the waters has impacted negatively on them …

The influence of seagrass on benthic macroinvertebrates was investigated in four semi-
enclosed coastal systems in Morocco. Biological and environmental variables were …

Zooplankton communities in response to hydrological (salinity, turbidity, water temperature,
nitrate, phosphate, silicate) and biological (phytoplankton density) variables were studied in …

Highlights•Trematode diversity in the southern distribution area of Cerastoderma
edule.•Trematode species occurrence driven by the presence of the first intermediate …

The coastline of Morocco extends across the northwest Maghreb region of Africa, from the
western Mediterranean to the eastern Atlantic. Cultural heritage resources include …